ByteDance · 2 weeks ago
Software Development Engineer Intern (Metadata Storage) - 2026 Start (PhD)
United States
Internship
Remote
Intern
Start in 2026ByteDance is a global technology company that inspires creativity and enriches life through its innovative products. They are seeking a Software Development Engineer Intern to assist in designing and developing ultra-performance metadata services and support the creation of automated deployment solutions. This internship aims to provide hands-on learning experiences while collaborating with industry experts.
ContentData MiningFoundational AIInternetSocial Media
Responsibilities
Assist in designing and developing ultra-performance metadata services, including distributed coordination, locking, key-value storage, and service discovery features
Support the creation of automated and disaster-tolerance deployment solutions for virtualized and bare-metal environments
Analyze service performance metrics, generate insights, and propose data-driven improvements to enhance reliability and efficiency
Participate in technical discussions and documentation efforts, ensuring alignment with team standards and best practices
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
Strong programming skills in C++ or Go in Linux environments, with experience in writing clean, maintainable and testable code
Have a solid understanding of CS Fundamentals: basic data structures (lists, queues, stacks, trees, graphs, hash tables) and algorithms (binary search, quick sort, divide and conquer, backtracking), operating system (processes, threads, mutexes, semaphores, deadlock, paging, segmentation, file system), network (OSI models, TCP/UDP, IP addressing, HTTP, DNS)
Have a basic understanding of distributed systems (e.g. CAP theorem), databases (e.g. relational vs nosql, transaction, isolation levels), and storage systems (e.g. replication, erasure encoding)
Preferred
Familiarity with advanced data structures (LSM trees, B+ trees) and algorithms (Paxos, Raft). Online courses and books such as MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems and Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) are good study resources for those topics
Hands-on or research experience with distributed systems such as HDFS, Colossus, Spanner, Chubby, ZooKeeper, etcd
Familiarity with linux system programming (epoll, io uring) and high performance networking (RDMA, DPDK)
Benefits
Day one access to health insurance
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
Housing allowance
Company
ByteDance
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
Founded in 2012
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8BKey Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
2024-07-25Secondary Market
2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M
Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
Recent News
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